
Lung Cancer Negligence
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK and one of the most misdiagnosed forms of cancer. If the cancer is missed on imaging (usually a CT scan), the disease is inclined to progress from early-stage to advanced-stage disease, particularly if many years pass between radiologic exams. 90% of errors in diagnosis occur during chest radiographs. If your lung cancer was misdiagnosed or there were delays in your treatment, you could be eligible to claim. Starting your claim is easy – simply contact us either via phone or through our online claim form.
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How Can We Help?
Here at Patient Claim Line, we believe that nobody should have to pay upfront to seek fair compensation for medical negligence that wasn’t your fault. We work on a strictly ‘no win no fee’ basis, meaning that If you pursue your claim with us, and the claim is not successful, then you walk away without having to pay us a penny. That’s our promise to you
Our expert solicitors can help with your lung cancer claim. We have over thirty years experience in medical negligence cases and can help you claim the compensation you are entitled to.
Our team of solicitors will help you to understand:
- What effect a delayed lung cancer diagnosis has had on your prognosis
- How negligence during lug cancer treatment could have impacted you
- If you are eligible to make a claim
- How the claims process works and what you can expect from us
- Resources and support to guide you through your recovery
What is lung cancer negligence?
If errors are made during diagnosis or treatment of lung cancer, the consequences on your health and wellbeing can be catastrophic. If you are not treated correctly or delays are caused, the cancer staging can develop. If this has happened to you in a medical setting, and the outcome could have been avoided, you may be entitled to claim lung cancer compensation due to medical negligence.
Delays in treatment and diagnosis of lung cancer can include:
- Failure to identify symptoms e.g coughing blood, weight loss
- Failure to carry out correct medical testing
- Incorrect interpretation of scans and tests such as CT scans
Signs and symptoms of lung cancer
Symptoms to look out for. If these symptoms are missed during your medical examinations, this could mean a misdiagnosis cause by medical negligence.
- Persistent coughing lasting longer than 3 weeks
- Recurrent chest infections
- Coughing up blood
- Tiredness and fatigue
- Aches or pains when you cough
- Loss of appetite or weight loss
- Breathlessness
Misdiagnosis of lung cancer
Symptoms of lung cancer can initially present as a more benign illnesses, this means that the disease can potentially be diagnosed as something else. They can also be diagnosed as asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder) or pneumonia amongst others.
It is important that your GP or medical practitioner carries out the necessary checks to ensure you have the best quality care as possible, at all stages of your treatment journey.
If you feel you may have suffered lung cancer negligence, get in touch with our expert team today.
How do I know if I can claim?
Detail the course of action that should be taken when lung cancer is suspected and how this not being carried out may be a breach in the duty of care.
- Listening for abnormal sounds in the lungs
- Examination of the lymph nodes
- A biopsy
- A bronchoscopy
- CT or PET scan
- Chest x-rays
What can I expect?
Detail the reasons to make a claim and how compensation can help, as specific to lung cancer as possible without being unnatural
- Additional medical expenses – if you had to go private or pay for treatment
- Loss of income – if lung cancer stopped you or your carers from working
- Medical equipment – wheelchairs for loss of mobility due to lung cancer, or breathing aids
Why Choose Us
Patient Claim Line has over 30 years experience with knee injury cases and over 100 years as specialist medical negligence lawyers and have years of experience claims for cancer misdiagnosis. We know the right questions to ask and the quickest way to get you the help you need. We are rated excellent on TrustPilot and have helped people all over the UK with their knee surgery claim.
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Why Choose Patient Claim Line for your Medical Misdiagnosis claim?
Not just lawyers — medical negligence experts
Patient Claim Line was established in 2014 and consists of a team of medical lawyers specialising in medical negligence and misdiagnosis claims.
At Patient Claim Line we have more than 100 solicitors with combined experience of over 400 years and they will work on your behalf to achieve the best result possible for you.
It's not enough to use a solicitor who sometimes covers medical negligence. You need someone who knows this area through and through. That is what the solicitors here at Patient Claim Line do. They deal exclusively in this area of law and are experts in the field.
Meet the medical negligence team

Peter Rigby
Director of Medical Negligence Serious Injury
Peter leads the Medical Negligence Serious Injury department, which now boasts some of our most knowledgeable, dedicated and hardworking team members.
Peter is dedicated to supporting victims of catastrophic medical negligence injuries and endeavours to provide a clear and coherent approach to claims. He recognises the effects serious injuries can have and therefore ensures his customers’ need for support is met. Peter also has a vast amount of experience working with customers who have been injured abroad and is able to act under international law to provide the best outcomes.
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Christian Beadell
Head of Medical Negligence
Christian is Head of Medical Negligence at Patient Claim Line and has specialised in clinical negligence claims since qualifying in 1998; having dealt with a wide variety of claims throughout his career. He is also featured in the Legal 500 as a recommended claimant solicitor in the North West.
Christian qualified as a solicitor in 1998, specialising in clinical negligence. From 2010 onward he has had a particular interest in gynaecological and urogynaecological claims, having represented several hundred claimants in the George Rowland Litigation against the Liverpool Women’s and Aintree Hospitals. This investigated the treatment given to women in the Merseyside area over several decades, and in particular focused on the introduction and development of mesh into the UK in both the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. The development of this area involved pursuing claims under a unique ADR protocol with the NHS and also looking to develop the current thinking on the valuation of compensation for complex urinary symptoms. He has successfully recovered hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation on behalf of my clients.
Christian was also involved in setting up and chairing a Claimant Support Group for those involved in the Rowland litigation, which provided a discussion forum for the many women who were left isolated and damaged by negligent gynaecological treatment. He now co-ordinates the firm’s mesh claims and has delivered training and commented extensively on the medico-legal implications of urogynaecological / mesh complications. He is a member of APIL, Liverpool Law Society and Legal 500 recommended.
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Francesca Paul
Associate Solicitor
Francesca Paul is an Associate, Senior Solicitor and Team Leader within the Clinical Negligence Department. She is one of the driving Solicitors in the Group Litigation Team dealing with this niche and specialist area of work that Fletchers undertakes.
Francesca previously worked in Nottingham, dealing with Group Action work. She now works at Fletchers, bringing with her those years of experience heading up a team of 10 people. Francesca is involved in the early identification of potential new Group Litigation Work and analyses information from the collective pool of new enquiries into the business, of which there are hundreds per week looking for hot spots or recurrent issues which might suggest a potential pool of Claimants.
One of the highlights for Francesca and her team is that they have successfully recovered over a million pounds in compensation for clients who have received treatment from a single orthopaedic surgeon who was operating in the Colchester area. Her role requires a specific set of skills, patience and a forensic approach to detail whilst being able to see the wider picture.
Francesca has previously acted for a claimant in a case that reached the Supreme Court in the case of NA v Nottinghamshire County Council.
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Sion Wynne
Team Leader/Senior Solicitor
Sion is a team leader and senior solicitor with many years’ experience in dealing with a wide range of medical specialisms and different types of injuries. He is an experienced medical negligence solicitor and manages a team of lawyers within our department.
Sion joined Fletchers in 2018 as a Team Leader in the Medical Negligence Department. Throughout his 24 year legal career, he has specialised in conducting medical negligence claims on behalf of Claimants, previously working for other highly ranked leading firms in the field.
He has undertaken claims covering the full spectrum of medical specialisms, clinical settings, categories of defendant and types of negligent medical care and treatment.
These include high value and complex maximum severity cases, such as those involving limb amputations and permanent neurological injuries.
Sion is experienced at representing bereaved families at inquests and has a particular interest in fatal accident claims.
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